Improvement in smelling and perfume bottles



H. WARNER.

SMELLING AND PERFUME BOTTLE. No. 178,818. Patented June 13, 1876.

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U TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY WARNER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SMELLING AND PERFUME BOTTLES.

Spccification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,3 l8, dated June13, 1876 application filed April 24, 1876.

To all whom at may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WARNER, of Boston, in the county .of Sufiolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Smelling and Perfume Bottles; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable Others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

In the said drawing, Figure 1- denotes a combined smelling and perfumebottle embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a central and longitudinalsection of the same; Fig. 3, a side view of one of the bottles; Fig. 4,a top view of the same. Figs. 5 and 6 are side and top views of thevalve. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the cage or spring-holder.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of bottles forholding perfumes, pungent volatile matter, &c.; and consists in thepeculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing, A A denote two bottles or receptacles, having theirbodies formed of glass, and of a cylindrical or other desirable form,each of such bottles having a metallic thimble or ring, B, cemented toits neck, a cap, 0, screwing upon the-outer end of the ring. Within thering B is a hollow cylindrical opensided cage, a, having an annularshoulder or flange, b, projecting outwardly from its upper end, andresting upon the top edge of the glass neck, such cage extending downinto the interior ofthe bottle, and having an annular shoulder, 0,extending inwardly from its lower end, a coiled wire orspring, d, beinginserted in the cage, and having its lower end or coil resting upon thelower shoulder c of the cage. D is a disk or valve, having a cylindricalstem, 0, extending from its upper face, and through an opening, f, madecentrally through the cap 0. The lower face of the disk has a flatshank,

9, extending down, axially therefrom, the up-,

per part of such shank having a width corresponding with the internaldiameter of the cage. h h are two shoulders, formed on the force thevalve D, when the screw-cap O is in place, closely against a hollowleather washer or packing, a, arranged. around a chamber, 1,

formed in the under surface of the cap, as shown in the drawing; or,instead of the de-- tachable metallic cage, the same may be formed ofglass, as an integral part of the bottle.

The chamber 1 of the cap is formed with any desirablenumber oforiflces,m, disposed around the stem-receivin g neck of the cap. Theshank g of the valve extends down into the interior of the bottle to anydesirable extent, the object of such being to disturb or break up thecontents of the bottle in case such may have become consolidated; or, incase a sponge may be employed to absorb and hold the fluid in thebottle, to compress the sponge, so as to cause it to give out more orless ofits volatile or fluid contents.

In forming the duplex bottle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, each of thebottles is formed with an annular dovetailed shoulder, k, around itslower part. The annular shoulder of one of the bottles is next to befilled with plaster-ofparis, and one end of a metallic ring, E, having awidth equal to the combined width of the two shoulders of the bottles,is placed on the bottle, and around the shoulder, filled with thecement, and-pressed into the proper position therein. The bottle is nextset aside to allow the cement to become set. This havin g been effected,the shoulder of its fellow bottle is to be filled with the cementingmaterial, and its bottom covered with a thin coating of the same. Thislatter bottle is next to have its lower end inserted in the ring withits bottom abutting against its fellow. The parts are spring-valve formsa perfect automatic packing to thecap'orifices, so thatnolfluidlorscentcan escape until the valve is moved downward which is effected by simplyplacing the thumb or finger of a persons hand on the topof thc stem e,-which will not only depress the shank 9 into the substance contained inthe bottle,

but allow the fluid or odor to freely escapethrough the orifices in thecap, while the pressure may remain on the stem of the valve.. As soon,as the thumb or finger is removed, the

resilientaction of the spring will at once seal.

the cap.

Having described myinvention; what I claim 1sa 1. The combination, withthe body A, provided with the ring B, of the screw-cap O,

formedwith the valve-stern openingf and the orifices m, the valve D,provided with the stem 6 and shank g, and the spring d, the whole beingarranged to operate substantially asset forth.

2. The duplex bottle, as described, the same

